The issue also has a number of articles and interviews on upcoming films at the Wexner Center including Day Night Day Night (July), and Zoo and Killer of Sheep (September). We hope to have Charles Burnett on-hand to introduce at least one of the Killer of Sheep screenings if his schedule permits. The Filmmaker interview can be found here. There is also a profile of Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis director Mary Jordan which we screened back in February. For the other articles you'll have to pick up a copy of the magazine the old-fashioned way! ‚Äì Dave Filipi, Curator, Film/Video

If you needed something designed last night you were likely out of luck as Columbus's graphic design community turned out to see the area premiere of the new documentary Helvetica, introduced by director Gary Hustwit. The film lived up to its hype and then some as it proved to be an insightful and provocative history of the ubiquitous font and the broad issues and divisions within the design community. It also made me wonder if all graphic designers have such clean desks.

Hustwit is on tour with the film (arriving from Kansas City and heading to Montreal) and it is playing to sold-out audiences wherever he travels. I asked him if he's surprised by the film's reception and he responded: ‚ÄúImagine if no one had ever made a film on the history of rock and then all of sudden one appeared. That's what it's been like with this film.‚Äù

Gary is also the President of Plexifilm (distributor of the Wilco doc I am Trying to Break Your Heart, among many others) and we hope to have him back in the future for a series devoted to music documentaries.

To prepare yourself for the May/June Next@Wex shows, we've put together this 20 minute MP3 mixtape featuring songs from all the headliners. Download it, throw it on your iPod (or play it on your PC) and enjoy.